Poster Presentations The purpose of this presentation is to provide the basics for making a poster.
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Poster Presentations Poster size 36 inches
The poster dimensions is most often 36 x 36 inches.
36 inches
This is a size that fits most poster boards supplied at the meeting. Also, most poster printers and poster paper rolls are 36 inches wide.
Extra length if necessary
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Poster Presentations Poster size 2
A 36 x 36 inch PowerPoint slide is not the default setting.
Page setup
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Design tab
Therefore, the first thing you will need to change is the paper size. Do this by going to the “Design” tab at the top left of the PowerPoint program page.
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Next select “Page Setup”. The left top line of this dropdown box says “slides sized for”. Select custom. Then select the width and height for 36 inches. Back
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Page setup menu
Poster Presentations Poster colors In most cases, it is most practical to avoid using a background color or background image for your poster. It simply costs more money to print a background-colored poster because it uses more printer ink.
It is best to reserve color for highlighting text in the poster and for color images. A black font color on a white background is easiest to read.
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Poster Presentations Font type and size A block type font like Arial is a good font for a poster because it is easy for people to read.
Font size in Arial
The title should be greater than 72
Size matters in a poster. A small font size is difficult to read.
Your name should be around 50-60 Titles preceding the text should be around 48
You need to balance the amount of information you want to present with its readability.
Text be at least 40
Images and figures should be large enough to see from several feet away (~5 inches high).
A poster is a visual medium and images and figures can be more informative that many lines of text.
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Poster Presentations Preparing text, tables, and figures Text can be prepared in PowerPoint or it can be imported from Word using Word’s copy and paste function.
It is best to divide the poster into columns (usually three). A column width of 10 to 10.5 inches works well and can be set from the “Format” tab in PowerPoint. Leaving “white space” between columns and major sections will be more visually appealing.
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Poster Presentations Preparing text and figures Tables can be generated in PowerPoint, but tables are often easier to make in Word and copied into PowerPoint using the copy and paste function.
Table 1. Root formation in poplar stem internodes placed on a basal media prior to being moved to 100 μM IBA for one day. Internodes were then returned to a basal media.
Treatment duration on PGR medium
Remember, you will have to resize the font and usually amend the column and row spacing in the larger PowerPoint poster format if imported from a standard Word page setup.
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(Basal)
(IBA)
(Basal)
Rooting percentage
Roots per explant
0 day 1 day 3 day 5 day
1 day 1 day 1 day 1 day
13 day 12 day 10 day 8 day
80a 60a 65a 60a
1.6abz 1.2b 2.0a 1.0b
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Poster Presentations Preparing text and figures Figures can be generated in PowerPoint, but figures are usually easier to make in Excel or some other program designed to make figures.
Figure 1. The impact of stratification time on germination percentage and embryo growth after germination in Eastern redbud seeds. 20
Figures can be imported into PowerPoint using the copy and paste function or you can save the figure as a JPEG image file.
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Statification time (weeks)
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Isolated embryo length (mm)
Germination percentage
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Poster Presentations Image size and quality Since the poster has large dimensions, it is important to have picture images with good focus and high resolution. Use a good camera to ensure high resolution. Try to reduce interfering backgrounds and try to get uniform lighting on the subject. Plan ahead and stage your pictures to tell a story for your poster. Labeling the images in your picture will provide more interest and enhance comprehension. Back
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Poster Presentations Research poster Its basic poster organization should include sections for: Introduction Materials and methods
Results Discussion
Literature cited
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Poster Presentations Poster printing Posters need to be custom printed. E-mail your poster to me and I will have them printed in time for the poster session.
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Poster Presentations Poster printing Before you send the file, check your poster out first in PowerPoint. To do this, select the file menu and view the print file. Print a version on 8.5 by 11 inch paper by selecting the “scale to fit paper” option to see your poster in a small version.
